Species Lucasium squarrosum (Kluge, 1962)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diplodactylus squarrosus Kluge, A.G. 1962. A new species of gekkonid lizard, genus Diplodactylus, from the Carnarvon region, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 73-75 [73, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R13805, Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay, WA
  Comment: Kluge did not designate any paratype specimens; however, the four specimens mentioned under the variation section of the original description are considered paratypes under Article 72.1.1 and Article 72.4.5 of the ICZN.

 

Generic Combinations

• Lucasium squarrosum (Kluge, 1962). —
  Oliver, P.M., Hutchinson, M.N. & Cooper, S.J.B. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray and resurrection of Lucasium Wermuth (Gekkota, Diplodactylidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 55: 197-210 [205]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Murchison (MUR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Hummock grassland, nocturnal, oviparous, tall shrubland, tussock grassland.

 

General References

Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33(51–94) [66]

Kluge, A.G. 1967. Systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the lizard genus Diplodactylus Gray (Gekkonidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 1007-1108 (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Mottled Ground Gecko)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		22-Apr-2013	MOVED
07-Feb-2024		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		16-Dec-2011	MOVED
07-Feb-2024		07-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)